I am working on the issues...

I am working on the issues...

Tonight (4:28am so technically this morning) I'm hanging out on the GalCiv II forums between compiles.

The above is the issue editor for The Political Machine 2008. In it, I must go through every conceivable issue, write a description and then put in the values.

The values on position are between -10 (strongly against) and positive 10 (strongly in favor). The other variable (new in this version) is how important the issue is which is on a scale from 1 to 10.

I also have the ability to go and create different values in different states. We have a lot of census and polling data to look at to come up with different values in the states. So it's going to be a long month.

Between this, further polish on Twilight of the Arnor, contributing to the development of the 1.1 Sins of a Solar Empire patch not to mention actually running Stardock as a company as well as your fatherly duties to your family...I will think twice before complaining about being busy.

The above is the issue editor for The Political Machine 2008. In it, I must go through every conceivable issue, write a description and then put in the values.

The values on position are between -10 (strongly against) and positive 10 (strongly in favor). The other variable (new in this version) is how important the issue is which is on a scale from 1 to 10.

I also have the ability to go and create different values in different states. We have a lot of census and polling data to look at to come up with different values in the states. So it's going to be a long month.

I can tell it's early in the morning: "independent" is misspelled in the screencap.

I've played the game's predecessor (which came with my TotalGming.Net subscription at that time), and I certainly enjoyed it. It also taught me some bits about the US election system which I hadn't known before. But basically it was a very enjoyable, easy-to-get-into, well-designed game. The only thing that really bothered me was how Reagan was apparently seen as some sort of ultimate politician - that might actually be an American thing, I think. Then again, you can't deny that he was an *extremely* successful campaigner, even if you don't approve of his politics ...